Dropcam's Massive Marketing Effort
By John Honovich
| 2 CommentsThe hidden key to Dropcam's success has been its incredible marketing. Being from Silicon Valley, the attention and focus has been on the...
By John Honovich - about 10 years ago | 2 Comments
Unique IPVM statistics reveal what is the average access control job size, how size varies across integrators, what brands they typically use for...
By Brian Rhodes - about 10 years ago | 6 Comments
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Panasonic has slashed prices on many IP cameras by 20% or more in the past few weeks. Will a new generation of cameras, along with new lower...
By Ethan Ace - over 10 years ago | 15 Comments
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IPVM now supports paying for memberships with PayPal. This is available for new members signing up as well as existing members updating their...
By John Honovich - over 10 years ago | 8 Comments
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Over the past 4 years, the average price of 100+ IP cameras surveyed has decreased ~25%, at an annual decline of ~5%. In this report, we break...
By Ethan Ace - over 10 years ago | 5 Comments
The consensus of manufacturers is that Milestone will be weakened in the aftermath of their sell off to Canon. VMS rivals are especially excited...
By John Honovich - over 10 years ago | 2 Comments
Avigilon's stock tumbled after their CFO departed, a culmination of 4 executives out in half a year. Many investors and financial press...
By John Honovich - over 10 years ago | 12 Comments
While the surveillance market is crowded, the intercom space is relatively sparse. In this note, we survey manufacturers specializing in enterprise...
By Brian Rhodes - over 10 years ago
Bullet cameras seemingly came from nowhere. Only a few years ago, IP bullets were rare, with very limited options. Now, nearly every major...
By John Honovich - over 10 years ago | 3 Comments
Google, via its Nest Labs subsidiary, has acquired home security specialist Dropcam for $555 million USD. Revenue IPVM estimates Dropcam's 2014...
By John Honovich - over 10 years ago | 12 Comments
This year, IPVM members have repeatedly identified edge recording problems with Axis cameras / software, first in a discussion, "Axis Edge Storage...
By John Honovich - over 10 years ago | 29 Comments
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In 2013, negotiations for mega Chinese manufacturer Hikvision to acquire Pelco broke down. At that time, we argued that it was a bad fit. However,...
By John Honovich - over 10 years ago | 26 Comments
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Panoramic cameras have been around for more than a decade but only in the last 3 years has there been an explosion of vendor support. Now, nearly...
By John Honovich - over 10 years ago | 4 Comments
Tyco is a major force in the security industry, generating about $10 billion USD annually as a hybrid integrator / product manufacturer. And...
By John Honovich - over 10 years ago | 9 Comments
While Chinese competitors rush to sell HD cameras at 1/5th to 1/10th the price of Axis, Axis continues to push up market. Axis has announced the...
By Ethan Ace - over 10 years ago
A startup claims to have orders pouring in for a novel solution to integrate firm alarm monitoring with one's intrusion system. The benefit? Fire...
By Brian Rhodes - over 10 years ago | 18 Comments
Though cube cameras may be common in online retail stores, they are the least popular for professionals. In this note, we breakdown unique IPVM...
By John Honovich - over 10 years ago | 22 Comments
An industry changing event. Canon's acquisition of Milestone will impact the industry for years to come. But who fared the best and worst from...
By John Honovich - over 10 years ago | 27 Comments
Industry insiders, you are going to love this new IPVM feature. You might use Google Alerts. They are good at picking up press releases and...
By John Honovich - over 10 years ago
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